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- 1 2 Handbook of American Trade Unions (PDF). Washington, DC: US Department of Labor. 1926. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ↑ Reynolds, Lloyd G.; Killingsworth, Charles C. (1944). Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings, and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850–1941. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
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